Checklist Summary:

This document, CIS Oracle MySQL Enterprise Edition 5.6 Benchmark, provides prescriptive guidance for establishing a secure configuration posture for MySQL Enterprise Edition 5.6. This guide was tested against MySQL Enterprise Edition 5.6 running on Ubuntu Linux 14.04, but applies to other linux distributions as well. To obtain the latest version of this guide, please visit http://benchmarks.cisecurity.org. If you have questions, comments, or have identified ways to improve this guide, please write us at feedback@cisecurity.org.

Checklist Role:

• Database Management System

Known Issues:

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Target Audience:

This document is intended for system and application administrators, security specialists, auditors, help desk, and platform deployment personnel who plan to develop, deploy, assess, or secure solutions that incorporate Oracle MySQL Enterprise Edition 5.6.

Target Operational Environment:

• Managed

Testing Information:

This guide was tested against MySQL Enterprise Edition 5.6 running on Ubuntu Linux 14.04, but applies to other linux distributions as well.

Regulatory Compliance:

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Comments/Warnings/Miscellaneous:

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Disclaimer:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License. The link to the license terms can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode To further clarify the Creative Commons license related to CIS Benchmark content, you are authorized to copy and redistribute the content for use by you, within your organization and outside your organization for non-commercial purposes only, provided that (i) appropriate credit is given to CIS, (ii) a link to the license is provided. Additionally, if you remix, transform or build upon the CIS Benchmark(s), you may only distribute the modified materials if they are subject to the same license terms as the original Benchmark license and your derivative will no longer be a CIS Benchmark. Commercial use of CIS Benchmarks is subject to the prior approval of the Center for Internet Security.

Product Support:

feedback@cisecurity.org

Point of Contact:

feedback@cisecurity.org

Sponsor:

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Licensing:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License. The link to the license terms can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode To further clarify the Creative Commons license related to CIS Benchmark content, you are authorized to copy and redistribute the content for use by you, within your organization and outside your organization for non-commercial purposes only, provided that (i) appropriate credit is given to CIS, (ii) a link to the license is provided. Additionally, if you remix, transform or build upon the CIS Benchmark(s), you may only distribute the modified materials if they are subject to the same license terms as the original Benchmark license and your derivative will no longer be a CIS Benchmark. Commercial use of CIS Benchmarks is subject to the prior approval of the Center for Internet Security.

Change History:

Updated status from "under review" to "final" - 25 August 2015
moved to FINAL - 9/21/16

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NIST checklist record last modified on 09/21/2016